The Diocese of Brooklyn quietly filed plans on June 14 to go ahead with a "full demolition" of the historic, century-old Old Lady of Loreto Church at 126 Sackman St., city records show. Back in 2010, a similar plan to demolish the out-of-use church and replace it with an affordable-housing complex was met with a diverse parade of local opposition.

Older Brownsville-area residents were mad because they didn't want to see a gorgeous neighborhood gem go up in dust. (Especially when it could instead serve as, they proposed, a beautiful, light-filled community arts center.) And the Brooklyn preservationist crowd — especially those with a stake in Italian-American history — was arguably even angrier.

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